All of Alabama under drought conditions

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Oct 16, 2010 at 12:01 AM

BIRMINGHAM | All of Alabama is under some degree of drought.The U.S. Drought Monitor report this week shows southwest Alabama and part of east-central Alabama under extreme drought conditions. Nine percent of the state is listed as extreme, more than twice what it was last week.The Drought Monitor issued Thursday shows only Louisiana with drought conditions worse than Alabama’s.